This is a lightweight module to do currency conversion using the
Currency Converter web service at http://www.webservicex.net/.
The motivation for this module was many fold. First,
Finance::Currency::Convert with Finance::Quote was a little too
bulky for my needs, esp the need to download or maintain conversion
tables. Finance::Currency::Convert::Yahoo seemed to be based on
screen scraping. Way to fragile for my taste.
Finance::Currency::Convert::XE has usage restrictions from XE.com.
[No offense intended to any of the authors above]
The Data::Currency module provides basic currency formatting and
conversion:
my $price = 1.23;
my $currency = Data::Currency->new($price);
print $currency->convert('CAD')->as_string;
Each Data::Currency object will stringify to the original value
except in string context, where it stringifies to the format
specified in format.
2.2.5 - 27 April 2008
Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.5 Release.
Fixed Bugs:
o #166101: Register: Topmost splits' accounts are rewritten confusingly
o #341414: QIF Import: Changing account separator breaks saved account
mappings
o #341608: Transaction Report: Filtering void/non-void doesn't work
o #347474: Register: Tab goes to wrong split
o #396665: QIF Import: Detect and convert non-ascii character encoding
of QIF files
o #450354: QIF Import, Win32: Can only load files from ascii paths
o #475960: Reconciliation: Postponed balances of liability accounts are
not reversed correctly
o #467529: Check Printing: Align_n not working in custom check
definitions
o #509089: QIF Import: Duplicates windows shown after Scheme error
o #511182: QIF Import: Saved commodity mappings lost after import to
new GnuCash file
o #511231: QIF Import: Use QIF security type to provide better default
namespace
o #512208: QIF Import: New commodities remain if import canceled
o #512841: Register: Crash in expression parser on nullary functions,
like pmt()
o #514027: QIF Import: Commodities page is skipped if you go back to
currency page
o #519988: QIF Import: Error reporting doesn't follow GnuCash guidelines
o #520606: QIF import: Memo mappings for non-split, non-investment
transactions are ignored
o #521957: Auto-save not canceled on opening other files
o #522795: QIF Import: Does not support "ShtSell" or "CvrShrt"
transactions
o #523194: QIF Import: Existing commodities can cause import failure
o #523922: GnuCash ships the wrong scalable icon and no small (22²,
24²) sizes
o #527459: QIF Import: Support voided transactions
o #527886: QIF Import: Support QIF numeric formats of 12'345.67 as
produced by Quicken 4
o #529232: Average Balance Report: Reversing the starting balance
distorts the numbers
Other Changes:
o Add a new Liberty(tm) check format
o Show QIF import documentation by default
o Improve cancel behavior in reconciliation window
o Fix a few memory leaks
o Update translations: Brazilian Portuguese, German, Romanian, Russian,
Swiss German
finance/ruby-activemerchant.
Active Merchant is a Ruby library for dealing with credit cards,
payment processors and shipping. It has a simple and unified API to
access dozens of different payment gateways with very different internal
APIs.
2.2.4 - 02 March 2008
Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.4 Release.
Fixed Bugs:
o #106242: qif Importer should warn users about dates before 1970
o #106383: feature request: close year end
o #123312: QIF Import: Autoselection of Stock Exchange during import
o #336211: QIF Import generates spurious duplicate transactions
o #360058: GnuCash crashes on QIF-import after changing
account's separator to * (asterisk)
o #373584: Rounding error in QIF import of commodity transactions
o #454834: Memo Incorrect or missing in Transaction Report
o #457591: QIF import does not handle tabs at top of file
o #481528: QIF importer should show imported transaction as
possible duplicate if original transaction is split
o #503166: QIF Import Druid Flow incorrect
o #506798: Custom Reports don't allow sorting by Account Code
o #506873: 'Install Online Price Retrieval' fails with ActivePerl 5.10
o #506810: QIF Import can mismatch account transfers
o #510221: Include Mexican Accounts
o #510630: typo in description of BUYMF transaction (OFX import)
o #510725: crash importing a .OFX file
o #510940: Unrecognized date format causes crash
o #510962: QIF transactions without dates are silently ignored
o #511006: Commodity creation skipped due to saved mappings
o #512166: doesn't build with glib-2.15.3
o #512173: Empty "match payees/memos" druid step shown
o #512497: Investment transactions ignore payee/memo mappings
o #513088: "Find" immediately unmaps window
o #513829: Investment account may be created with Stock account type
o #516178: Scheme error during progress dialog causes freeze
Other Changes:
o Recognize 401k/403b in QIF import
o Remove superfluous trailing colons of de_DE SKR04 account names
o Add russian account templates
o Add Swiss German translation
o Update translations: Brazilian Portugese, German, Greek, Russian,
Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish
2.2.3 - 06 January 2008
Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.3 Release.
Fixed Bugs:
o #114724: QIF importer drops split details for transfers with
identical amount
o #463678: xfer dialog from CC auto-payment from reconcile doesn't
display accounts
o #495219: QIF-Importer handles memo from transactions wrong
o #497517: Transactions set to 'c' in the R(econciled) field of the
register are incorrectly set to 'n' when postponing a
reconciliation
o #503889: Should install icons into expected locations
o #504007: QIF Import Druid does not allow selecting currency
o #504257: Need to replace old Afghanistan Afghani (AFA) with new
Afghanistan Afghani (AFN)
o #504261: Start on W2K fails with Entry Point Not Found (KERNEL32.dll)
o #505386: Gnucash looses transactions if the file contains special
characters
o #505972: SX-related segfaults in 2.2.2
o #506074: Fractional timezone offsets not always handled correctly
o #506429: "Last Day of Month" SXes saved on wrong day of week
o #506671: Add cyprus, maltese and slovenian currencies to EURO support
o #506714: progress bar during launching
Other Changes:
o New Vietnamese translation
o Improve several minor strings
o Update translations: Dutch, German
o Some business report improvements regarding date parameters
o Fix gcc 4.2.x compiler warnings
o Use aqbanking pkg-config file and require < v2.9, allow goffice v0.6
2.2.2 - 16 December 2007
Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.2 Release.
Fixed Bugs:
o #336240: advanced portfolio - the basis calculation is not
working properly in funds
o #343245: Advanced Portfolio gets basis wrong with stock split
o #343448: Hide unused horizontal scrollbar
o #344566: Advance Portfolio has wrong Realized Gain
o #347739: Advanced Portfolio calculates values incorrectly
when it involves a capital loss
o #438360: Case-insensitive search for non-ascii characters broken
o #460232: advanced portfolio report fails
o #467521: Persistent splash screen blocks "could not obtain
lock" warning
o #467532: Clipping check fields in gtkprint is not consistent
with clipping in gnomeprint
o #468681: RFE: Customizable summary bar position
o #470750: src/design/*.texinfo refers to non-existent GncBooks API
o #470801: Tip Of The Day says 2.2.1 is development version
o #473827: chinese translate for gnucash account
o #475666: Missing national currency CUC
o #476189: Configure script should fail when gettext is not installed
o #481110: Win32: Crash when opening SX Editor
o #482177: Customer report shows no invoices or detail with 2nd
A/Receivable
o #483796: Fancy Invoice - Report Error
o #484576: Configuration error with goffice 0.5
o #487317: QIF import druid crash when stepping back and forth
from the "loaded files page" without selection
o #487326: Preferences dialog does not remove all its gconf callbacks
o #487572: advanced portfolio breaks on "Most Recent to Report"
o #488001: speed up several reports that rely on html-acct-table.scm
o #488004: provide a two-column income-statement
o #490679: GnuCash doesn't honor the GNOME toolbar settings
o #491581: Import 'Cash' Action (in Investment Accounts)
o #492137: Lot scrubber doesn't add splits to existing lots correctly
o #496023: Pressing ESC Cancels modifications whether you
choose yes or no.
o #496178: gnucash segfaults with troublesome automatic transactions
o #499360: Crash when editing a commodity whose quote source
timezone is set to local time
o #499788: gnucash-make-guids does not work, fails with
"Unbound variable: gnc:guid-new"
o #500026: [PATCH] Report correct package for qt3-wizard
o #500427: SX creation doesn't include template transaction "Notes"
o #501059: GnuCash leaks since last run dialogs
o #502755: GnuCash hangs after modifying SX
o #503579: win32 packaging fails installing mingw
Other Changes:
o Many changes to the german SKR03 and SKR04 account templates
o Include updated GNOME libraries and a patched ORBit2 in Win32 build
o Improve resizing of search and invoice posting dialogs
o Add MimeType directive for GnuCash data files
o Fix some new compiler warnings
o Add AZN [Azerbaijani Manat]
o Add COU [Colombian Unidad de Valor Real]
o Add MZN [Mozambique Metical]
o Some occurrences of "Open Source" were changed to "Free"
o Update translations: Brazilian Portugese, Czech, German,
Japanese, Traditional Chinese
2.2.1 - 19 August 2007
Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.1 Release.
Fixed Bugs:
o #170729: locale-specific delimiters in scheduled transactions
templates and mortgage druid
o #339260: Right-click doesn't select txn but works on the previously
selected in the register
o #361604: Balance sheet report shows incorrect prices for commodities
when using "nearest in time" option
o #445917: Dialog says, Click "Next"..., Button says "Forward"
o #452496: Dirtying a split does not dirty the parent txn or book
o #457027: About dialog shows wrong year in Copyright string
o #457213: Resizing SLR window causes it to show up as blank next time
o #457228: AqBanking Wizard QtCore4.dll error on WinXP, procedure entry
point not found
o #457944: startup delay, keep splash screen during file loading
o #458080: RPM .spec file still depends on g-wrap
o #458567: Ship with windows gtkrc
o #458783: Doesn't start if installed into a directory with an "umlaut"
o #459259: Unshortened column-title in Scheduled Transactions editor
for some locales
o #460432: Crash when running Account Report or Account Transaction
Report against A/R account
o #460924: Fox for warning: the address of '*' will always evaluate as
'true'
o #462567: win32: GnuCash improperly interprets filenames as URLs and
fails
o #465338: hbci module init fails on FreeBSD due to change 15799
o #468115: Save Account Tree Sort Preference
Other Changes:
o Fix XPF [CFP Franc Pacifique] to not use cents, add YER [Yemeni Riyal]
o Update gnome libraries in Win32 build
o Avoid a few critical warnings and improve logging
o Completely remove FreqSpec
o Disable Close books and QSF Import again
o Update translations: British English, Catalan, French, German,
Hungarian, Japanese, Ukrainian
2.2.0 - 14 July 2007
o Welcome to the GnuCash 2.2.0 Release.
o With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft
Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD,
Solaris and Mac OSX.
o This release has only a few user-visible new features, except for
the completed port to the Microsoft Windows operating system. In
summary, the following features are new, compared to the older 2.0.x
series:
o Port to Microsoft Windows completed. Note that Windows 2000, XP, or
Vista is required; GnuCash does not run on Windows 98 or 95.
o Data file notice: In version 2.1.2 the format for scheduled
transactions in the data file was changed. Files using the old format
will be read without problems by this new version, but the new
version of GnuCash only writes the new format. The new file format
cannot be loaded by older versions of GnuCash. (If you try, the file
will fail to be loaded with an error message.) As a result, if you
begin using the new Gnucash, and you have data files with scheduled
transactions, then these files will not be readable by older
versions. If you have to make a new data file readable by older
versions of GnuCash, this can be achived by deleting all records of
scheduled transactions in the scheduled transaction editor.
o SWIG is now used instead of g-wrap for providing language bindings.
o The Scheduled Transaction list view is now improved and summarized
more compactly. The Since-Last-Run dialog has been simplified.
o Check printing has been improved, with new formats and simpler
format descriptions.
o Automatic saving of the data file was added.
o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.5 include:
o Updated translations.
o Improved handling of Online Banking wizard on Windows.
2.1.5 - 02 July 2007
o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.5 aka "Release Candidate 2", the fifth of
several unstable 2.1.x releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0.
With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft
Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD,
Solaris and Mac OSX.
This release is intended for developers and testers who want to help
tracking down bugs.
o WARNING: Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing
versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the developers go
to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot
guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason
GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
o Please test any and all features important to you. Then post any
bugs you find to bugzilla
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.4 include:
o Updated translations.
o German translation of Online Banking wizard is activated on
Windows.
o Improvements to Windows packaging.
o When adding custom reports to the menu, appropriate user feedback
will be given.
o Automatic saving of the data file was added.
2.1.4 - 16 June 2007
o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.4 aka "Release Candidate 1", the fourth of
several unstable 2.1.x releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0.
o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.3 include:
o Bugfixes with the graphical reports
o Fixing the Online Banking wizard
o Updated translations
o Improvements to Windows packaging
Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.2 include:
* Fixes to crashes and slowness in Scheduled Transaction Editor
* Fix to crash when editing style sheets and selecting images using
Windows version
* Fix crash on QIF import with german umlaut
* Updated translations
* Improvements to Windows packaging
Based on PR 36353 by Gary Duzan, add some missng entries to PLIST.
Changes:
* Sourceforge and other bug report fixes
* Fixed Debian #412264 (Crashes when updating the amount of a scheduled
transaction to zero)
* Fixed#1327943 where the user could not abort a QIF import with bad date
formats
* Added online help for new investment wizard; partially addresses
#1506390
* Fixed#1557049 (Difference amount not updated when modifying a transaction)
* Internationalization issues
* New Argentinian translation provided by Alvaro Soliverez
* New Slovakian translation provided by Juraj Bu?
* New partial Czech translation provided by Ji?i Mikula?ek
* Updated Portuguese translation provided by Jose Jorge
* Updated German translation
* Updated Polish translation provided by Robert Gomu?ka
* Updated Czech translation provided by Ji?i Mikula?ek
* Updated Spanish and Galician translation provided by M Villarino
* Updated French translation
* Updated Italian translation provided by Vincenzo Reale
* Support all UTF-8 characters in schedule list items and account editor
dialog caption
* Added Slovenian Tolar to the ancient currencies
* Corrected ISO code for new Turkish Lira and added old Turkish Lira
to the list of ancient currencies
* GUI changes
* Added ability to print home page
* Fixed rounding problems with automatic VAT assignment
* Fixed problem when modifying values in a transaction that has a VAT part
* Fixed date widget keyboard behaviour for Up/Down cursor key
* Fixed problem with customization of list background colors
* Scheduled transaction fixes
* Fixed a problem detecting finished schedules
* Don't allow to remove account if still referenced from schedule
* Don't create a scheduled transaction containing splits without an account reference
* Fixed a problem in determining the next payment of schedules
that start in the future (Patch and test case provided by David Houlden)
* Investment changes
* Added Yahoo France web price source
* Added new price source "Gielda Papierow Wartosciowych" provided
by Piotr Adacha
* Fix the shares and values to have the correct fraction during file load
* Online banking changes
* Improved detection of KBanking support
* KBanking default is now auto-detection
* Build fixes
* Fixed a problem with detection of VPATH environment in Makefiles
Thanks to Bob Ewart for reporting
* Added support for automake 1.10
* Use include path given with --with-extra-includes during OpenSP detection
* Fixed prevention of using unsermake on some systems
* Added -lkdeui to the link phase of the kbanking plugin (was missing)
* Other problems fixes
* Fixed lockup when using the 'open existing KMyMoney file' option on
the welcome page
* Fixed a memory leak and crash when a second instance of KMyMoney
is aborted
* Fixed a memory leak and crash when starting with option '--help'
* Disable the search button of the FindTransaction dialog
if no selection has been made in order to prevent crashes
Attention: if you're using Scheduled Transactions, this version is not
compatible with 2.0.x, so you won't be able to open them with 2.0.x
after using them with 2.1.x.
2.1.2 - 19 May 2007
o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.2 aka "Financially secure yet?"the third of
several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0.
With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft
Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD,
Solaris and Mac OSX.
This release is intended for developers and testers who want to help
tracking down bugs.
o WARNING: Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing
versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the developers go
to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot
guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason
GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
o Please test any and all features important to you. Then post any
bugs you find to bugzilla
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
o Compared to the 2.0.x series, there are only very few user-visible
new features, except for the completed port to the Microsoft Windows
operating system. Minor new features compared to the 2.0.x series
are;
o The Scheduled Transaction Editor and Management dialogs have been
integrated into the overall GnuCash User Interface to give the user a
more consistent experience in creating scheduled transactions.
o Internally, the programming language wrappers are no longer being
generated by the not-so-well-maintained package "g-wrap" but instead
by the well-established wrapper generator "SWIG". In effect, gnucash
does no longer depend on g-wrap anymore but uses SWIG now.
o New printing formats for check printing
o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.0 include:
o Internal GObject integration is much more advanced by now
o Crash on OFX import crashing has been fixed
o Windows timezone problems fixed
o Some memory leaks have been fixed
Changes vs. the 2.0 branch:
2.1.1 - 28 Apr 2007
o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.1 aka "Bug-begone" the second of several
unstable releasese releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0. With
this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft Windows
for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and
Mac OSX. This release is intended for developers and testers who want
to help tracking down bugs.
o WARNING: Make sure you make backups of any files used in testing
versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the developers go
to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we cannot
guarantee that your data will not be affected if for some reason
GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
o Please test any and all features important to you. Then post any
bugs you find to bugzilla
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
o Compared to the 2.0.x series, there are only very few user-visible
new features, except for the completed port to the Microsoft Windows
operating system. Minor new features compared to the 2.0.x series
are;
o The Scheduled Transaction Editor and Management dialogs have been
integrated into the overall GnuCash User Interface to give the user a
more consistent experience in creating scheduled transactions.
o Internally, the programming language wrappers are no longer being
generated by the not-so-well-maintained package "g-wrap" but instead
by the well-established wrapper generator "SWIG". In effect, gnucash
does no longer depend on g-wrap anymore but uses SWIG now.
o New printing formats for check printing
o Bugfixes and improvements since the last version 2.1.0 include:
o Start-up behaviour has been improved: Windows size is better,
splash screen can be clicked away
o OFX DirectConnect import uses correct ID fields for transaction
matching
o More Scheduled Transactions bugs have been fixed
o Windows: Reading/writing to compressed data files has been tested
more thoroughly and fixed in various places
o Windows: Crash on changing default currencies fixed
2.1.0 - 14 Apr 2007
o Welcome to GnuCash 2.1.0 aka "Opening Windows" the first of
several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.2.0. This
release is the very first of to support Windows as a platform and is
intended for developers and adventurous testers who want to help
tracking down bugs.
o WARNING WARNING WARNING - Make sure you make backups of any files
used in testing versions of GnuCash in the 2.1.x series. Although the
developers go to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we
cannot guarentee that your data will not be affected if for some
reason GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
o PLEASE TEST TEST AND TEST SOME MORE any and all features important
to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
o If you have the urge to help beyond testing please get involved in
the discussions on the GnuCash mailing lists which you will find at
http://www.gnucash.org. We especially need people to help with
updating the documentation as all texts refer currently to the 1.8.x
series. Please see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development on how to
get involved.
o PS I'm not going to list the many features changed or updated in
this release because obviously there is so much that has changed.
pkgsrc, in preparation for gnome1-libs removal(*).
There was no feedback for keeping these packages after my
HEADS UP mail to pkgsrc-users a week ago.
(*) More to come before that can happen, though.
